Aging Well

Screening Boom

While the number of health screenings proliferate, barely 50 percent of U.S. adults receive the diagnostic and preventive tests that many medical experts recommend.

• Screening Your Doctor

• Recommended Screenings


Liver Success

Adverse drug reactions -- what most of us call side effects -- can range from annoying (headaches) to debilitating (diarrhea, vomiting) to deadly. And certain drugs -- especially psychiatric and cardiac ones -- are more apt to cause severe reactions. If only doctors had a way to predict who's......


An Abundance of Care

Greenspring residents keep fit in their retirement community's gym. Can generous preventative services in senior living facilities help save money?

• TRANSCRIPT: Geriatric Health Care


Aging Well

Drugs With Special Side Effect Risks (Post, April 18, 2006; Page HE08)

Gadgets Helps Tackle Small Tasks: Occupational Therapists Advise Seniors on Ways to Ease Independent Living (Post, April 17, 2006; Page B03)

Preventive Maintenance For the Brain: Can Exercise or Mind Games Help? A Look at the Evidence (Post, February 21, 2006; Page HE01)

Getting Stuck With the Tab: Tighter Asset Spend-Down Rules Will Force More Families to Cover Nursing Home Costs Alone (Post, February 21, 2006; Page HE01)

A New Goal for Aging: Hit 50 With Few Heart Risk Factors, And Brag Longer (Post, February 21, 2006; Page HE01)

For Back Pain: Exercise, Not TENS: A Weekly Check on Health Care Costs and Coverage (Post, August 2, 2005; Page HE02)

Stay-at-Home Elders: Programs Try to Save Money, Boost Life Quality By Keeping Seniors Out of Nursing Homes (Post, August 2, 2005; Page HE01)

Blogging Through The Ages: Jen's Ruminations on Blogs Devoted to Aging (Post, August 2, 2005; Page HE01)

Joy . . . or Pain?: To Some Extent, How You Feel for the Rest of Your Life Is Under Your Control. Here's What Science Shows Can Boost Your Chances of Living Healthier, Happier and Longer (Post, August 2, 2005; Page HE01)

Hearts in the Right Place: Cardiac Rehab Revives Bad Pumps -- and Builds a Social Club for Those on the Mend (Post, April 5, 2005; Page HE01)

Planning to the Last Detail: Here's How (Post, April 5, 2005; Page HE01)

Fit for the Ages: No Matter How Old You Are, It's Time You Checked Your Performance Against These Fitness Yardsticks (Post, January 11, 2005; Page HE01)

A Prevent Defense: You Can Greatly Reduce Risk of Most Aging-Related Disease by . . . Well, You Already Know (Post, January 11, 2005; Page HE01)

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